Northcord Model Company is proud to release its tenth model of the ukbus 6200 range on the former CMNL long wheelbase Enviro400 tooling. This is ukbus 6212, carrying the latest heritage livery of Fife Scottish.

19895 was new to Stagecoach Fife in 2011 with beachball livery. The bus was repainted, in May 2025, into Fife Scottish livery of allover cream with red cantrail, skirt and two bands between decks, with large blue Fife Scottish fleetnames on the upper deck side panels, and red Fife Scottish at the front. The heritage livery is based on that applied to its double-deck coaches from around 1987.

The model features some closely observed nuances in addition to the very obvious “Beachball” colours on the roof; towards the rear of the flat roof and on the rear dome there are 2 red colours featuring Beachball red on the flat roof and original Fife Ayres Red on the rear dome; furthermore, the black band above the upper saloon windows and below the rain guttering and outwith the front and rear dome is also authentically represented.

Fife Scottish Omnibuses Limited was a former bus operating subsidiary of the Scottish Bus Group, formed in June 1985 from Walter Alexander & Sons (Fife) Ltd in preparation for bus deregulation and the subsequent privatisation of the Scottish Bus Group. Originally, Walter Alexander & Sons (Fife) Ltd was formed in 1961 from the huge Walter Alexander & Sons Ltd company when it was subdivided into 3 discrete companies – the Midland company retained the original blue livery, Aberdeen-based Northern adopted a bright yellow and cream and Fife took Ayres Red and cream as its trademark livery. Under privatisation, Fife was sold to Stagecoach in July 1991. The company today trades as part of Stagecoach South Scotland.

ukbus 6212 features excellent detailing, inside and out, such as realistic-looking handpoles and handrails. The Enviro400 model is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and livery application on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible.

Another main feature on the ukbus 6212 model is its dual individual tree protectors at the front. The front dome on the model is significant, with its curved windscreens on both upper and lower deck. The headlights at the front are made of individual components to look more realistic.

The brand new UKBUS6212 bus models will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan), 80M Bus Model Shop (Hong Kong) respectively. The UKBUS6212 model is based on a Limited Edition of only 1008 pieces produced.

MBC1004 Go North West / TfGM Bee Network (4024 - YX61 BWU) / Route 635 Appley Bridge via Shevington - Long Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Facelift Single Door

MBC1005 Arriva London (ENX22 - GN09 AVX) / Route B15 Horn Park - Long Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dual Door

Something for your Diary MBC are supporting this event with some exciting new products and our Event Competition held on the day.

We're really excited to be organising a brand new event for the model bus community - the model bus meet, held at Oxford Bus Museum on Sunday 8th November from 10:00 - 16:00.

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This event has been a long time in the making, with a lot of work behind the scenes. We're hoping to host a variety of displays and trade stands at the museum on the day, and would love to see you there. We've compiled some information about the event in the images you see below. This includes information (preferrably via an email to the address given) on how you can book a table, if you would like to.

We've also set up an event on Facebook for this. We will be updating both the MBC Facebook page and the event with information when needed. The event is at https://www.facebook.com/events/4408587819385953/

This is a real step into the unknown for us and we hope it will be a success. More news will follow in due course as we near the event.

Thanks, Iwan and Ryan

We have had number of requests and messages from our followers asking for more detailed images of the Enviro 400 City EV test casting, which we shared last month.

We are delighted to share the images of this sample, which was also on show at the Rails of Sheffield Showcase event. Please be aware this was a first test of the tooling and a number of elements have been changed, ahead of the pre production samples for the Stagecoach London and Bakerloop models we recently announced.

Further photographs of this preproduction sample can be viewed on the MBC Facebook post, link below

We will be sharing the finalised body drawings for the Stagecoach and Bakerloop models. (see below)

We hope you enjoy looking at these sample images, we are so excited to see the pre production samples of the first two releases.

Thank you
Iwan
MBC Production Manager

We are pleased to share with you the design cell drawings for the two Enviro 400 City EV models. These have been approved by MBC, vehicle operators and license holders. We can also confirm that pre production samples are now in production and expected late August to early September. We will share these images with you as soon as we have them. We will mention that the brown colour on the Bakerloop drawing is showing slightly lighter, but the sample and production models will be a darker shade.

We are also now able to confirm the MBC code references for these models, the Enviro 400 City EV will be given the MBC 40xx prefix.

Code - MBC 4001
Bus - ADL Enviro 400 City EV
Pcs- 1250
Operator - Stagecoach London
Livery - TfL Red
Fleet number - 84173
Registration - LG21HZM
Route -180 Erith Fraser Road

Code - MBC 4002
Bus - ADL Enviro 400 City EV
Pcs- 1250
Operator - Go Ahead London
Livery - TfL Bakerloop
Fleet number - Ee42
Registration - LF20 XNM
Route -BL1 Lewisham Shopping Centre

Please keep watching our social media for more updates on these and more models from MBC.

Thank you
Iwan
MBC Production Manager